Qatar Airways is known for their modern fleet, and particularly how much they invest in new aircraft types. A few years back Qatar Airways was the launch customer for the A350-900, and earlier this year the airline was the launch customer for the A350-1000, which is the larger version of the plane.
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This article says the A350-1000 has the Q Suites in J. Who is right and who is wrong?
https://thepointsguy.com/news/qatar-a35k-jfk/
@ Jason -- The A350-1000 *does* have the Qsuites in J. The A350-900 doesn't. Sorry if that wasn't clear, I'll update the post to clarify further.
@ N -- Sadly not, I'm also anxiously waiting to see, as I have a QR J ticket booked out of LAX early next year. Unfortunately they still only have one 777-200LR reconfigured, and it would take two to operate a longhaul flight daily.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Cathay Pacific will be the first airline to operate the A350-1000 to the U.S. to Washington Dulles starting in September.
Any reasoned speculation on what route they'll move the 777-300ER w/ qsuites to?
I'm flying on the A350-900 flight (9:45am departure) JFK-DOH in December. I got so excited when I saw this headline... but am now sad again. Let pray for a miracle - that they'll upgrade it to a Q-Suites equipped aircraft by then.
I am booked on this flight, QR701, 4 qsuites for my entire family on 4/15/2019. Although my expertflyer aircraft check still shows 77W but it will be pretty cool if I get to try A350-1000!!!
@ Billiken -- It's anyone's guess, really. I could see them finally adding Qsuites to Dallas, since it's the only US route operated by a 777-300ER that doesn't have Qsuites. But it could also be somewhere completely different.
@ tjp74 -- Airlines typically only update schedules one season at a time, though I think it's highly likely that the flight will continue to be operated by an A350-1000. Regardless you'll be in for a great flight!
@lucky - there is regular QR space from now until the end of the schedule for routes to and from DOH, but sometime in June 2019, award availability goes to zero for departing DOH to every single destination. what do you think is going on here?
@ Kyle -- That's very close to the end of the schedule, I wouldn't read too much into it. Sometimes there are just oddities when it comes to award space, and that they haven't gotten around to releasing space yet.
As I entered QR 728 from PHL to DOH on 23 july 2018, I was a little confused with the configurations on the seat of A 350 which I was familiar with from my previous flights. The Cabin Senior came over and demonstrated some of the buttons and told me that the plane was a A350-1000 and had Q suites. I later moved from my seat 5A window to a more amplified Q suites seat which was empty.
Could I have been mistaken?
What's the best way to view the cabin configuration of a particular flight on QR, in order to determine if it's Qsuites or not? The qatarairways.com web site doesn't show seat layout when reviewing flight options.
The spare 777 could be for Canberra? They promised that the route would get QEuites soon (not that I take Al Baker's word with more than a grain of salt).
@ Yehuda Kovesh MD MS MSc FRAI
It was indeed an A350-1000. Quick search on flightradar24 proves this. You got lucky!
I had to read and re read your first couple paragraphs to really understand what aircraft had Qsuites, which one didnt, and which one is being replaced by what hahah the names are too similar!!
Anyway, they HAVE to bring QSuites to LAX!!! I wonder why its taking so damn long!
I flew on the A35K in Y in July from Doha-London. The plane (A7-ALB) was only 7 days old when I flew! However, my personal opinion is that the seats on the A359 are abit more generous with the legroom.
Any differences between the QSuites on the 777-300ER vs. the A350-1000 or same dimensions?
I would think they will deploy the reconfigured or new A350s with Q suites at the first opportunity they can given that they would want to offer their best product in such a competitive market. Although one has to say the A359 product in itself is as at least as any other business class product out there.
@ Joel -- Roughly the same. The 777 is a bit wider, so the suites may feel a bit more spacious. But the A350 cabin is otherwise generally in better condition.
I have done it numerous times so far, but no more. Since QR committed the worst act of airline thuggery in history on May 27 2018 and devalued the FF program by 100% overnight, without warning, they can fuck off as far as I am concerned. Bloody mongrels.
@Lucky, I will be flying QR out of JFK this winter and was surprised to see the seat map for 703 as they are flying the Qsuite fitted A350-900 everyday on the second frequency as well. JFK is serviced exclusively by qsuites now.